Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
Leonardo Blair is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer whose career spanned secular media in the Caribbean and New York City prior to joining The Christian Post in 2013. His early work with CP focusing on crime and Christian society quickly attracted international attention when he exposed a campaign by Creflo Dollar Ministries in 2015 to raise money from supporters to purchase a $65 million luxury jet. He continues to report extensively on church crimes, spiritual abuse, mental health, the black church and major events impacting Christian culture.
He is a 2007 alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was an inaugural member of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.
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Donnie McClurkin says he 'will be vindicated' after rape claims from former parishioner
Popular gospel singer and pastor Donnie McClurkin claimed recent claims of rape and sexual assault from a man who served as his personal assistant at his church are “contrived and untrue." Believing he “will be vindicated," he urged prayers for his accuser.
Court dismisses defamation lawsuit of Pastor Micahn Carter against woman who accused him of rape
The Court of Appeals in Washington state has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by former megachurch pastor Micahn Carter against his former assistant, who alleges he raped her in her office at Together Church in Yakima in 2019.
Gospel star Donnie McClurkin accused of raping, sexually assaulting former male assistant: lawsuit
A new lawsuit accuses Grammy-winning gospel star Donnie McClurkin, who built his ministry and a church on his powerful testimony of being delivered from a life of abuse and homosexuality, of repeatedly sexually assaulting and raping a man who once served as his personal assistant at Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, New York.
Court dismisses lawsuit seeking to nullify election of pastor of historic Abyssinian Baptist Church
New York Supreme Court Judge James G. Clynes has dismissed a lawsuit mounted by four current and former members of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church that sought to nullify the recent election of the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson as the new pastor of the 200-year-old congregation.
Outgoing megachurch Pastor Jon Weece launches new ministry to feed deer jerky to hungry children
A year after announcing he would step down as senior pastor of Southland Christian Church, Pastor Jon Weece preached his final message Sunday and revealed the launch of a new ministry called Boone Brothers that will feed deer jerky to hungry children.
Pastor shuts down church without warning congregants
A Tennessee pastor who reportedly shut down his church, seized control of the congregation’s cash and real estate, then took up another preaching job in a different town has agreed to return control of the church’s assets to the congregation following pushback from members.
Evangelicals, nones and non-denominational Christians reject AI-generated videos
Evangelicals, non-denominational Christians and people who identify with no religion are the leading religious groups among the majority of Americans who oppose the rapid increase in the number of artificial intelligence-generated videos on social media, according to findings from a new study that has surprised researchers.
Woman suffers dangerous camel kick during megachurch’s Christmas Spectacular
The annual "Christmas Spectacular" produced by the multi-campus Champion Forest Baptist Church in Texas turned into a nightmare for one patron earlier this month after she appeared to be kicked in the face by a camel while watching a procession of performers from an aisle seat in the sanctuary.
NASCAR champion Greg Biffle and family perish in fiery plane crash in NC
Just five days before he was supposed to celebrate his 56th birthday, former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle perished with his wife daughter and son if a fiery plane crash in North Carolina on Thursday.
Missionary pilot remains missing 2 months after kidnapping in Niger
Nearly two months since American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout was kidnapped from his home in the highly secure Château 1 neighborhood of Niamey in the capital of Niger in West Africa, local Christians say they are worried about the silence around efforts to rescue him.
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